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The Interior Department had said Thursday that Carson spread "false information" in an email that the HUD political appointee, Suzanne Israel Tufts, was going to become Interior's internal watchdog, raising questions about whether the Trump administration was trying to undercut investigations into Zinke.

Democrats and watchdog groups had complained after an email from Carson to HUD staff last Friday, obtained by ABC News, said Tufts, an assistant secretary for administration at HUD, was leaving to become acting inspector general at Interior.

Friday evening, a HUD spokesman, Raffi Williams, emailed reporters saying, "Assistant Secretary Tufts has offered her resignation and it has been accepted. Secretary Carson thanks her for her service to the Administration and the country. We wish her all the best."

No other details were provided. Attempts to reach Tufts have been unsuccessful.

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HUD Plaza outside the headquarters building of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.

The watchdog groups had joined Democrats in raising questions about whether Tufts, as a political appointee with no specific experience in government oversight, should be nominated for a job where she could quash current investigations into Zinke.

Interior spokeswoman Heather Swift said in an email Thursday that multiple news stories reporting Tufts was slated to be nominated to take over the inspector general's office at Interior are not true.

"This is a classic example of the media jumping to conclusions and reporting before all facts are known," Swift said in the email.

"Ms. Tufts was referred to the Department by the White House as a potential candidate for a position in the Inspector General’s office. At the end of the day, she was not offered a job at Interior," Swift said. The exact timing wasn't clear, though, and Swift did not immediately respond to a request for details.

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The Department of Interior headquarters building is pictured as the Magnolia trees blossom in Washington, Mar. 13, 2016.

The White House, which nominates inspectors general and can reassign senior officials, has not responded to questions.

A spokeswoman from the Interior inspector general's office said they have not received any information about a possible staffing change and Swift said deputy inspector general Mary Kendall is still in her job.

Donald Trump makes Nixon look honest, GW Bush look smart, and Bill Clinton look like Mother Teresa. One result is that he has brought in a uniquely unqualified, incompetent, and corrupt administration. As many 'Worst Ever....' awards Mr Trump himself has earned (many of them will never be surpassed), the rest of his administration is at least as bad.

"Ms. Tufts was referred to the Department by the White House as a potential candidate for a position in the Inspector General’s office. At the end of the day, she was not offered a job at Interior," Swift said.

I can't say that this is the most corrupt administration in our history. I suspect it is though. I can say it is the most corrupt of my lifetime, and my first president was Harry Truman (for a couple days).

Raul Grijalva, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee:

"Secretary Zinke and the Interior Department are awash in wave after wave of scandal and corruption, and they decide now is the perfect time to get rid of the current IG. After looking around, the best person they could find is a tRump political operative at HUD who turned a blind eye to Secretary Carson's $31,000 dining set."

Trump has done a fine job of draining the swamp the only problem for him is that the HONEST MEDIA points out with documentation and/or video to back themselves that he's been filling that same swamp with sewage.

People were worried about political insiders running the government, now we get to see how the outsiders perform...

All I'm saying is if you want things to run smoothly, you don't hire a dental hygienist to be your mechanic. I never understood why people feared those who knew what they were doing. Perhaps we just needed better mechanisms to oversee them and keep them from running amok.

Most corrupt administration since Nixon's. Yeah there are occasional corrupt Democrats, but corruption becomes institutionalized when some Republican President's sit in the White House. Now why is that?

It must be incredibly difficult to work for this man. He is such a flake. Like have a crazy grandpa that is really nice and you just let him do his stupid grandpa stuff because he is old and will soon be gone.

Just another corrupt day in a corrupt administration. Trump supporters continue to applaud and the republican party continues to salute. How low the country and the republicans have come in only 2 short years.